Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) Files An 8-K Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain OfficersItem 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On August15, 2017, John A. Martin, the Chief Accounting Officer and Principal Accounting Officer of Hilltop Holdings Inc., or Hilltop, announced that he will retire effective October31, 2017. Mr.Alan B. White, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Hilltop, announced to Hilltop that “We sincerely appreciate the significant contributions that John Martin made to Hilltop over the years, and we wish him the best in his retirement.”
Mr.Martin will be succeeded as Principal Accounting Officer, effective November1, 2017, by Keith Bornemann, Corporate Controller. Mr.Martin and Mr.Bornemann will work closely together during the interim period in order to effectuate the transition.
Mr.Bornemann, age 45, has served as Hilltop’s Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller overseeing Corporate Accounting, Tax, Sarbanes-Oxley Controls and Compliance and SEC/Regulatory Reporting since February2017. Mr.Bornemann previously served as Senior Vice President and Director of Accounting and Reporting from January2016 to January2017 and Vice President of Financial Reporting from January2013 to January2016, at Hilltop. Prior to joining Hilltop in 2013, Mr.Bornemann was the Vice President and Corporate Controller at First Acceptance Corporation.
There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr.Bornemann and any other person to which he was selected to become the Principal Accounting Officer of Hilltop and there are no family relationships between Mr.Bornemann and any of Hilltop’s directors or executive officers. There are no transactions to which Hilltop is a party and in which Mr.Bornemann has a direct or indirect material interest that would be required to be disclosed under Item 404(a)of Regulation S-K.